breshkamadh
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From breshkë (“turtle”) + -a- + i madh (“big”).
Adjective edit
breshkamadh (feminine breshkamadhe)
- with lumps on one's neck, scrofulous; common as a general insult
Noun edit
breshkamadh m (plural breshkamëdhenj) (derogatory, World War II)
- Italian invader
- Synonym: breshkaman
- Italian invaders (collectively)
- Synonym: breshkaman
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “breshkamadh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “breshkamadh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary